CE-865 - Update the Consul Autopilot doc page

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Description

This is the documentation point of reference for the Consul Autopilot functionality.
The origins of this article can be traced to the K8s OpenShift RedHat tutorial.

Current change impacts docs version 1.22.x and 1.21.x.

Links

Jira: CE-865
Deploy previews: Autopilot

Contributor checklists

Review urgency:

• ASAP: Bug fixes, broken content, imminent releases
• 3 days: Small changes, easy reviews
• 1 week: Default expectation
• Best effort: No urgency

Pull request:

• Verify that the PR is set to merge into the correct base branch
• Verify that all status checks passed
• Verify that the preview environment deployed successfully
• Add additional reviewers if they are not part of assigned groups

Content:

• I added redirects for any moved or removed pages
• I followed the Education style guide
• I looked at the local or Vercel build to make sure the content rendered correctly

Reviewer checklist

• This PR is set to merge into the correct base branch.
• The content does not contain technical inaccuracies.
• The content follows the Education content and style guides.
• I have verified and tested changes to instructions for end users.

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